When the dust had settled on the group stage of the European Cup, Jiang Qi and the representatives of the management and coaching staff of the Eagles were already in the Garden Theater in Madison Square in New York, and for the first time in their lives, they experienced the feeling of Vanity Fair so strongly.

Thinking about these rookies on such a lavish stage can tear off their previous lives and fill them with endless aspirations for the NBA as a league just by starting out. Lao Jiang subconsciously raised his head, looked at the old Jewish man talking to people in front of him, and couldn't help but unconsciously look carefully.

If the NBA is regarded as a kingdom, David Stern is the supreme king in the kingdom, and Jiang Qi is also very clear that the game between himself and this king has just begun, not only him, but the helmsmen of all teams in the league......

In the past, when he was an audience in front of the TV or computer screen, Lao Jiang would feel more or less bored, but now he has no such feeling in it, and he is excited to wait for the moment when the final mystery is revealed, but for him, this kind of sitting here now is like an invigilator with the correct answer, watching the various teams around him who are still nervously planning to select their unknown, but Jiang Qi can see the future clearly.

The Orlando Magic, who got the No. 1 pick, still chose high school rookie Dwight Howard, which is not unexpected, although Okafor is more mature than the Monster, injury concerns and slightly inferior physical talent make the battle between the two seem to be on a horizontal line, but after the rookie season, the trajectories of the two players began to take different directions.

Jiang Qi looked very calm, turned his head, and found that Thibodeau's eyes showed undisguised envy.

"Envy Orlando for choosing a great big man?"

After Uncle Tom woke up, he subconsciously reached out and pulled the placket to hide Fang Cai's almost drooling look, "It's really rare to have a big man like him in the league now!" ”

Howard's excellence is not only the strength, bounce, etc., which the interior usually values, but also his very human movement speed, almost no center can even defend the three-point line like Warcraft, such a fast, bouncing and good big man is a living no-fly sign under the basket.

Lao Jiang nodded, expressing his agreement and then asking, "Say, which big man do you want to come to Atlanta, we can try to operate it." ”

"Really?" Thibodeau seemed to be a little unconvinced.

"Well, really!" , The rookie director responded with a serious attitude.

"How's Shaq?" , Thibodeau asked tentatively.

"Uh......", Lao Jiang was choked by Uncle Tom's question, "Shaq will leave Los Angeles, but unfortunately people want to win the championship, they can't look down on Atlanta, and he is not young." ”

Thibodeau bowed slightly, even according to Jiang Qi's pie, Atalanta's rebuilding plan will take at least three years to see the effect, unless they give up the existing plan and use money to smash two big names, but unfortunately today's free market is difficult to turn into a big fish, and a team that lacks competitiveness is really not attractive, even if you want to trade big fish, a group of rookies and substitutes in your hands, no team will be interested, not to mention that there are few rookies and substitutes now.

Jiang Qi finally said that the big shark is not young, which means that people are not willing to wait for two or three years to attack the championship.

This little episode is a thing of the past, and the team that drafted the player has also been transformed into another team in Los Angeles, the Clippers.

Previously, the Bobcats chose Okafor as expected, the Bucks star was originally the favorite for the top pick, and he would not fall to the third place, but it was the Bulls who chose Ben Gordon to be a little surprised, and the all-round forward swingman Andre Iguodala who was originally signed and predicted to be in the position of the prospect was Scott Pippen.

"The Los Angeles Clippers chose Shaun Livingston!" With his usual smile, Uncle Stern announced the fourth pick, another high school rookie, and the same rare point guard in this draft.

"How?" , Jiang Qi looked at Thibodeau staring at the stage and frowned slightly.

Uncle Tom pointed at Livingston and whispered, "He's too thin to suffer in the fight, and even if he has excellent height and vision, it's hard to make up for it, unless he can improve his strength, but his speed may have to be compromised." Even so, it would be very uncomfortable to face a point guard like Byron Davis. ”

Livingston's unanimous playmaking ability comes from his height advantage of more than two meters, and he has not slowed down the speed necessary as a point guard because of his height, so he is favored by all parties, but he did not expect that his thin body will make him injury-ridd, and it will be difficult to reach the height predicted by everyone in his life.

"Devin Harris!" At this time, the Washington Wizards, who signed at No. 5, also picked up his rookie, who is also a point guard.

It was only at this time that Thibodeau suddenly came to his senses, "Andre actually fell out of the top five!" ”

The rookie director was silent, and the real situation of Iguodala was that he almost fell out of the top ten, and the ninth was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers to be the big AI to be the younger brother, and the first three teams actually unanimously gave up this highly demanded newcomer, although the Bulls' Lore Deng also has a good development in the future.

Excellent single defense ability allows Iguodala to become a defensive leader on the outside, and excellent physical fitness also has infinite plasticity, these two points are valued by Jiang Qi and Thibodeau, but Uncle Tom thought that Iguodala would not fall to the No. 6 sign, so he and Jiang Qi checked Lore Deng, but he didn't expect to really run into it.

Uncle Tom was very happy to be selected, and Jiang Qi began to pay attention to the changes in the signing position.

The Suns also chose small forward Lore Deng at the 7th pick, but this is actually the choice of the Bulls who have agreed to trade, and then the Toronto Raptors chose Arauyo, a center from Brazil.

Next, the Philadelphia 76ers chose white small forward Luke Jackson, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who signed at the 10th pick, picked out another high school point guard, Telfair, maybe the Cavaliers wanted to find a suitable substitute for Snow, in short, the situation gradually became different from Jiang Qi's memory.

Signed on the 11th, the Golden State Warriors have long been in love with Bidrins, and finally got what they wanted.

The No. 12 signing, the Seattle SuperSonics seemed to have had a nervous discussion before, and finally selected Josh Childis, a player with excellent physical fitness, put in the SuperSonics team where even Lewis can play power forward, Childis is estimated to be able to play from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position......

When it came to the No. 13 pick in the trade, John Nash had already filled in the rookie name that was about to be exchanged at the behest of Lao Jiang.

David Stern slowly pulled open the note, "No. 13 sign, the Portland Trail Blazers selected - Al Jefferson!" ”